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Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Launch Social Media Developer Network Lens Chain

Lens Chain mainnet goes live using an inexpensive Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for building decentralized social media applications.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

Creators of DeFi Firm Aave Simplify Its Family Self Custody Wallet

Avara, the parent company of Aave, is allowing users of its Family Wallet to onboard with email or SMS, rather than messing around with seed phrases.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Markets

AAVE Jumps 21% as Aave DAO Reveals its ‘Most Important’ Proposal

Aave’s cash pile has ballooned by 115% to $115 million since mid-2024, with the platform’s GHO stablecoin hitting a $200 million supply and reporting strong revenues.

The development lab overseeing lending protocol Aave, which means "ghost" in Finnish, is seeking $16 million from the Aave community. (Unsplash)

Markets

Lending Protocol Aave Processes $200M in Liquidation Without Adding to Bad-Debt Burden

Aave aced the market's stress test, processing millions in liquidations without taking on new bad debt.

Aave processed millions in liquidations Monday. (geralt/Pixabay)

Tech

Aave Gauges Community Interest for Expansion to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain

The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer 2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem.

Spiderchain, a Bitcoin layer 2 blockchain. (Shutterstock)

Videos

SEC Files Notice of Appeal in Ripple Case; Swift's Next Move With Global Banks

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the U.S. SEC is appealing a federal judge's ruling in its case against Ripple. Plus, banks around the world will be able to use the Swift network to carry out trial digital assets transactions and Grayscale has introduced a new fund that offers exposure to Aave's AAVE token.

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Finance

Grayscale Rolls Out Aave Fund

Aave has becomes one of the largest crypto lending protocol by total value locked.

Grayscale advertisement (Grayscale)

Tech

Sky Reconsiders Plan to Offboard Wrapped Bitcoin, After Chat With BitGo CEO

An influential adviser to DeFi lender Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, now says its concerns have been adequately addressed regarding Tron founder Justin Sun's involvement in the custody of bitcoin backing the WBTC token.

Sky. (ELG21/Pixabay)

Markets

DeFi Lender Sky Ratifies Plan to Offboard Wrapped Bitcoin, Due to Sun Concerns

The matter has been closely followed in crypto markets, since the Sky platform has $200 million of loans collateralized by the token, and since WBTC is one of the biggest cryptocurrencies, with nearly $10 billion outstanding.

Sky. (ELG21/Pixabay)

Finance

World Liberty, Crypto Project Helmed by Donald Trump's Family, Will Release on Sept. 16

World Liberty Finance is helmed by Trump’s sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, and the 18-year-old Barron Trump is the project's "DeFi visionary.”

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)

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